Dream catcher
Wise, compassionate and endlessly inventive, Badri Narayan added a pinch of fantasy to every story he told. His art occupies a special place in the Sarmaya collection, not just for their incredible skill and craft, but also for their essentially hopeful perspective on life. His world of dreams and fables offered not the empty promise of escapism, but the deeper comfort of transcendence.
Read more ...Gond workshop for children with autism
We partnered with the City as Lab initiative to help young researchers illustrate civic and social issues through art.
Price of Precious with Flow India
In the summer of 2016, we partnered with the education and culture organisation Flow India to conduct workshops titled ‘Price of Precious’ for corporates in Mumbai and Bengaluru. There were intended to build a better understanding of our irreplaceable material heritage in young working adults. Teams from IndusInd Bank, Mumbai and Thomson Reuters, Bangalore participated… Read more »
Paint fight
Art or agenda?
A Shared Canvas
Through The Patient Lens: 19th-Century Images of India
War and peace
A Play of Shadows
The Man Behind Sarmaya
The Slave Who Built a City
Art of Travel: The Lucknow Affair
The Lucknow Affair: Bara Imambara
The Lucknow Affair: The Residency
Sarmaya Collector’s Edition: On coins
The museum without boundaries
Tiger of Mysore
As you study the vault marked ‘Tipu Sultan’ in the Sarmaya archives, a picture begins to emerge. Of a man who sought beauty and harmony in everything he created, from coins to palaces. Of a warrior so fierce, even his enemies admired him. Of a ruler so charismatic and flawed, even history hesitates to pass judgement.
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